April 20, 2022

Big Mess at Murphy’s Ed Department: Some Students Were Tested On Material They Hadn’t Learned Yet

The past October, one million New Jersey public school students took a series of tests called Start Strong that assessed proficiency in reading for grades […]
April 19, 2022

Parents Demand Reversal of Murphy Administration’s New Sexual Education Standards: ‘Opting Out Is Not a Reasonable Solution’

This is a petition challenging the decision by Gov. Murphy’s  Education Department to revise the health and physical education standards, approved by the State Board […]
April 19, 2022

PETRILLI, GRIFFITH, ROSENKRANS: Gov. Murphy, Listen To the Evidence and Let Newark Charters Expand

Michael J. Petrilli is the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. David Griffith is the institute’s associate director for research and the author of […]
April 13, 2022

Here Are the Facts On How Murphy’s Ed Department Changed Learning Standards for Sexual Education and Gender Identity

Everyone is talking about the “new” Student Learning Standards–actually passed almost two years ago by the State Board of Education on the recommendation of Gov. […]
April 11, 2022

These New Jersey Parents Are Breaking Up With the Democratic Party–And It’s All About Schools

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal ran a feature story on New Jersey voters who, once loyal Democrats, are so frustrated with their Party’s pandemic policies […]
April 6, 2022

SCOOP: NJ Education Department Abruptly Fires Only Latina Executive Superintendent For ‘Political’ Reasons

This past Friday Yasmin Hernández, one of the New Jersey Department of Education’s Executive Superintendents who oversee multiple districts, received her annual performance evaluation. Like […]